Apache Tomcat: WebSocket authentication header exposure (Apache Software Foundation Apache Tomcat)

CVE-2026-42498
HIGH 7.3

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.65 % · percentile 51 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
apache
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

Exposure of HTTP Authentication Header to unexpected hosts during WebSocket authentication vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.21, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.54, from 9.0.2 through 9.0.117, from 8.5.24 through 8.5.100, from 7.0.83 through 7.0.109. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.22, 10.1.55 or 9.0.118, which fix the issue.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-200 — Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LCISA-ADP
CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:LNVD · 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 (Secondary)

Advisories

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Apache Software Foundation · Apache Tomcataffected 11.0.0-M1 ≤ 11.0.21 ; affected 10.1.0-M1 ≤ 10.1.54 ; affected 9.0.2 ≤ 9.0.117 ; affected 8.5.24 ≤ 8.5.100 ; affected 7.0.83 ≤ 7.0.109

Sources

SourceLicence
CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5)CVE Program Terms of Use
EPSS (FIRST.org)FIRST — attribution requested
ENISA EUVDENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged
CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feedsPublic domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD